I tutor a 7th grader from my school. She and I were both stumped on this problem and she needs the answer tonight. It's been so long since I've had to do this lol

Convert the rate of 48 ft. per hr. to in. per min.

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I tutor a 7th grader from my school. She and I were both stumped on this problem and she needs the answer tonight. It's been so long since I've had to do this lol

Convert the rate of 48 ft. per hr. to in. per min.

anonymous · Answer

48 feet per hour=48x12 inch per hour=48x12/60 inch per min=9.6 inch per min

anonymous · Answer

48 ft/ hr = 48 x 12 inches/ 60 min

sleepyjess · Answer

Oops... misread the question

anonymous · Answer

We got that far, but the teacher has asked her to put the answer in fraction form. The other problems we did like that were all set up the same way, but this one wasn't. The other answers ended up having the answer on top with a denominator of 1.

anonymous · Answer

But 9.6 is its own fraction...

anonymous · Answer

48/5

sleepyjess · Answer

576/60 = 9 36/60 = 9 3/5

anonymous · Answer

9 3/5 is the number of inches per minute?

anonymous · Answer

The feet per hour should be equivalent to the inches per minute

sleepyjess · Answer

or like @douglaswinslowcooper  said
576/60 = 48/5 is the same as 9 3/5 if you want it in pure fraction form

anonymous · Answer

What units would go with 48/5 or 9 3/5?

sleepyjess · Answer

9 3/5 is 9.6 inches per minute

anonymous · Answer

Alright! Thank you!

sleepyjess · Answer

inches